Asynchronous muscle

There are two sorts of muscle; synchronous and asynchronous. Asynchronous is muscle that contracts more than once per nerve impulse. Asynchronous muscle appears in an insect's flight muscles as the wings need to flap at high frequencies. Asynchronous muscle also appears in the tymbal muscle of some cicadas.

Related terms

• Arthropod
• Direct flight muscles
• Indirect flight muscles
• Synchronous muscle
• Tymbal

Related groups of terms

• Invertebrate body structure

Related pages on this web site

• Insect body structure
• Insect wings

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